Constructing bales of hay



NITED STATES ORSON VASTE AND CHARLES WASTE, OF CAMERON, ILLINOIS.

CONSTRUCTING BLES OF HAY.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. dirdl, dated November29, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that we, ORSON WASTE and CHARLES WASTE, ot' CameromVVarrencounty, and State ot'lllinois, have invented a new and Improved Mode oi'Making and Constructing Bales of Hay; and we do hereby declare that theiollowing is a full and exact description thereof', reference being hadto the accompanyin g drawings.

The method ot' constructing bales of hay hitherto in use has not enabledthe workman to construct them in so compact and perfect a i'orm as theyare capable of assuming.

In the common lever-press the hay is placed in bulk into the press-box,and the follower is then urged through t he box, an d the bulk of hay isforced into a smaller space. This, however, does not press the bulkoriginally placed in the press-box into as small a space as it can bemade to occupy. The elastic force of each stem throughout the mass ofhay is not destroyed, the spaces in the tubes or stems are not closed,and the hay is not compactly pressed. The same dii'ticulty is presentedin the use ot' the beater press. While in the early stages of the makingof the bale, the elasticity is nearly, it' not quite destroyed, yetafter a small portion of the bale is formed the desired etlect is notobtained, by reason of the force of concussion being diminished by theelasticityv of the hay already deposited 5 hence in the methods oi'constructing bales hitherto known it has been t'onnd impossible to makea bale as compactly or to put as much hay into a given space as wasrequired.

The object and nature of this invention is to construct a bale of hay ofuniform density by making it of sheets or layers which have beenpreviously crushed and cut, thus securing as much hay as possible in agiven space.

Figure 'l is a perspective of a bale oi' hay l when finished and readyfor shipping. Fig. 2 is a perspective ot one of the sheets after it hasbeen formed and ready to be placed into the pressbox for iinal pressing.

W'e construct our bale; of hay in the ordinary form externally.

In the constructing of a bale the hay is taken in the loose form and ispassed between two pressure-rollers properly .located with reference toeach other, and also properly operated. This completely destroys theelasticity of the hay, the stems or stalks are crushed, the hollow inthe tubesis closed, and the hay is thus reduced to nearly asolid form.As it is delivered from the rollers, it is cut into sheets of therequired length. Asuttlcient number of these sheets, being so crushedand so cut, are then placed into a press-box of ordinary form and sizeby laying them one above the other, and are pressed into a bale in theordinary way. A bale is thus formed, iirst, of sheets ot' hay which arecrushed and cut and nearly in a solid form; second, the bale isuniformly pressed throughout the entire bulk, and a greater quantity ofhay can be placed in a bale ofthe ordinary size, and a great saving inthe transportation and storage of hay is thus made.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The constructing and arranging a bale ot' hay with layers or sheets ofhay which have been pressed or crushed and cut, in the manner described.

ORSON WASTE. CHAS. WASTE.

Witnesses:

E. W. toUsE, T. W.. BONE.

